'My mum suffered for 30 years, she was let down by the system': Olympian Sharron Davies - who lost her mother to the infected blood scandal - backs growing calls for compensation for thousands of victims
The former swimmer and has opened up about the impact on her family of NHS failures which are the focus of a public inquiry - after her mother contracted hepatitis C then liver cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brazilian Doctor Ushering in New Era of Medical Technology for Treating Cancer and Seeks to Bring Proton Therapy to Brazil
A native born and trained Brazilian oncologist is in the forefront of a new era in the treatment of cancer patients with cutting edge proton therapy medical technology developed in Israel by P-Cure. TEL AVIV, Israel, May 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A native born and trained Brazilian... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - May 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Inside NHS cancer jab trial branded a 'game - who can get it and how it works
The "gamechanging" new jab uses the same mRNA technology pioneered by Covid vaccines. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people in year after coronation
King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Why deathbed dreams and visions can be a comfort for the dying — and those left behind
Cynthia Good's mother experienced a dream or vision as she was dying of pancreatic cancer. Researchers say these events can be a great comfort to the dying, and their loved ones. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/The Current Source Type: news
I have cancer - these are the six things I wish I knew before starting chemotherapy
EXCLUSIVE: Chemotherapy is a long gruelling treatment for cancer and there are a lot of things that patients don't get told before they start. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High Response Rates With Gene Therapies for BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- More than 70% of patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) achieved complete responses to a novel gene therapy, a small preliminary trial showed.
Across a range of doses, 16 of... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - May 5, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Former Covid jab tsar tells NHS to launch experimental cancer vaccine trials with pioneering technology that trains the immune system how to hunt malignant cells
Dame Kate said that the experimental technology - which trains the immune system to hunt out cancer cells - will be 'ultimately how we are going to treat this terrible disease'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood cancer sufferers to be offered pioneering new immunity drugs as 'standard care' on NHS following trial success with patients who did not respond to other drugs
Watchdogs last week gave the green light for pembrolizumab after studies suggested patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma on it lived longer than those given radiotherapy and chemotherapy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HIFU Non-Inferior to Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- A comparison of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and radical prostatectomy (RP) found that HIFU was non-inferior to surgery as primary treatment for localized prostate cancer, according to a French trial... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - May 4, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
I thought I had a cold... but after I coughed up a blood clot doctors found stage 4 cancer
Natalie Sue from Florida (pictured) had no idea her months-long cough, which she developed after getting a cold, would turn into stage 4 melanoma and she would be fighting for her life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chemo can be brutal. This FDA effort aims to make it less so.
The FDA has begun requiring companies to pinpoint the right dosage before cancer drugs reach patients. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Arthur Allen Source Type: news
Organ donors saved my life. Now I'm looking for a special person who can help me become a mom
Shilpa Raju feels lucky to be alive. She’s had double lung and kidney transplants after surviving cancer — and is grateful to the donors whose gifts she now carries within her. She’s hoping to find a surrogate who can help realize her dream of motherhood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Q & A: An Update on Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis Q & A: An Update on Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Morie Gertz, MD, reviews hereditary amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment.Medscape (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 4, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Commentary Source Type: news
